SZEMLER v. CLEMENTS


202 S.E.2d 880 (1974)

Viktoria Annaliese SZEMLER and Tibor Szemler v. Wilton R. CLEMENTS and Ilse Frieda Clements.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. J. Crickenberger, Arlington, Va. (Peter Heidenberger, Washington, D. C., Crickenberger & Moore, Arlington, Va., Lambert, Furlow, Elmore & Heidenberger, Washington, D.C., on brief), for appellants.

F. Mather Archer (Potter & Archer, on brief), for appellees.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN and POFF, JJ.


COCHRAN, Justice.

Wilton R. Clements, a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy, and Ilse Frieda Clements, his wife, filed a petition in the trial court on May 21, 1970, for the adoption of Mrs. Clement's niece, Petra Sebisch, an infant. Petra's mother, Viktoria Annaliese Sebisch, filed a petition in December, 1970, opposing the adoption. Subsequently she married Petra's putative father, Tibor Szemler, who, by order...

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